The jurors involved in the case were questioned today about the distribution of political literature outside the Kennebec County Courthouse.
Betty Adams
Betty Adams is a general assignment reporter who’s lived in Augusta for the past 35 years and been working for the Kennebec Journal for more than two decades. She covers the courts plus the towns of Belgrade, Fayette and Readfield.
As adjunct instructor Elizabeth Adams, she teaches writing courses, including journalism, at the University of Maine at Augusta.
In her spare time, when she’s not playing with the grandchildren, bicycling on the rail trail, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, she likes to travel both in the United States and abroad via cruise ship and occasionally on the back of a motorcycle.
She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and earned a master’s of journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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Mount Vernon man gets 2½ years for ATV theft
Ernest L. Gagnon Jr., 29, was also caught on video as he attempted to escape out the window of an interview room at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office.
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A lesson in self-defense at the Grange
Taking a good swing with her cane, 95-year-old Bea Campbellton knocked a plastic knife out of the hand of Karen Jones.
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Privatizing school buses causes ‘great deal of contention’ in RSU 4
Though the RSU 4 school committee voted for the proposal, it has yet to vote on awarding the contract.
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Augusta hospital project generating hundreds of jobs
For most of the local contractors doing the work, it’s the largest, longest and one of the most satisfying projects they’ve undertaken.
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Former Augusta man faces murder charge in Florida
Police say Michael Lee Thomas Young is arrested in Key West in the death of his former roommate.
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Trials set for remaining Blaine House protesters
AUGUSTA — Five Occupy Augusta supporters charged with criminal trespass for allegedly remaining on Blaine House grounds despite police orders to leave are to be tried together April 25 and 26 in front of one jury.
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Man gets 8 years for burglary of ex-mother-in-law
Michael Ruth, of Augusta, must also pay $20,000 in restitution for the burglary and theft at the home of his former mother-in-law.
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Man jailed for threatening Gov. LePage
Richard Lee Andrews allegedly made the threat Thursday during a meeting with therapists.
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Armed robbery suspect crashes before arrest
A Bath man is arrested on charges of drunken driving and leading police on a chase. He is the prime suspect in the robbery of the Weathervane restaurant in Readfield.